Sad-iron handle.



' C. P. EICHLER.

SAD IRON HANDLE.

APPLIOATIO; H Lnn JUNI: 25, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 191.0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL P. EICHLER, 0F LAKEWOOD, OHIO;

SAD-IRON HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed June 25, 1909. Serial No. 504,212.

which the following is a specication, the' principle of the inventionbeing herei-n eX- plained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

A type of sad iron that has achieved very general popularity within recent years is characterized by the use of an interchangeable handle, one handle sufcing for the entire set of irons. While there has been a certain degree of similarity in the various types of interchangeable handle irons put on the market by different manufacturers,

there have at the same time, been introduced certain divergencies, perhaps purposely, that render it difficult or even impossible to use with any particular iron, any handle other than the one designed to accompany it or a duplicate of the same. Chief among the differences thus found among the irons, which, obviously, must in their general characteristic be the same, is a varying width and cross sectional form in the transverse bar that is to be gripped by the gripping members of the handle. Since the latter then are made to engage with a particular width and form of transverse bar, the difliculty above noted arises, whenever it is attempted to use one make of handle with another make of iron.

The object of the present invention, is the provision of a handle that will be more or less universal in its adaptability for use with irons differing in the characteristics above referred to.

To the accomplishment of this and related objects, said invention, then consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing Figure l is a side elevation of a sad iron and detachable handle therefor, such handle embodying my several improvements; Fig. Q. is a plan view of the same with a portion of the handle dinal verticaldownwardly depending broken away tof reveal more clearly they operative parts thereof; Fig. 3 is a longitusection through such operative parts of the handle,l and top plate of the iron illustra-ting the parts in the position occupied when engaging the sad iron having a wide cross-bar; Fig. t similarly shows such parts in engagement with an iron having a narrower cross bar, or member to be gripped, than in the iron of Fig. 3; Fig.. 5 illustrates several of such parts in disassembled condition; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a broken detail.

In the type of sad iron under consideration, the body A of t-he iron is provided onits upper face with a plate c having a transverse bar a which the interchangeable handle B is designed to securely grip when the iron is in use. By thereupon releasing such handle the latter may be transferred for use with another iron in the same manner; It is in the width and generall form of such transverse bar that divergency is generally found in different makes of iron, and as stated, it is with a whereby the handle may engage various forms of such ba-r with equal security, that the present handle has beenv devised. Suchhandle B then, comprises a base or plate b designed to be longitudinally seated on the upper face of the iron A and over such bar a The handle proper usually consists of a curved member of wood or other similar material that does not readily conduct heat. For the purpose of gripping the cross bar of the iron, base plate b is provided withf a lug Z22 on its under face, that has an incl-ined face 3 adapted tov engage one side of the bar or member to. be gripped. Reciprocably' heldY in the basey so as to be movable at an acute angley toy such inclined face o3 of the lug, is a: plunger Gv which has its inner face c beveled for engagement with the other side of said bar. The angular relation of the plunger to the lug and the inclines of their respective faces are made such as to enable them to grip a bar with equal security, irrespective of the position of the plunger in its lower position; in other words, whether the bar be wide or narrow, such plunger if urged downwardly, will retain the same against the depending lug b2. To thus acfuate the plunger, I provide a handled lever C', one end c of which is pivotally held in two ears b4 adjacent to the way b5, wherein plunger view to providing means C is held, a coil spring c2 being located between such ears, and so engaging said lever as to urge the same, and thereby said plunger, downwardly.

Inasmuch as facility in assembling is a desideratum in all manufactured articles of this character, I have taken pains to so construct the several operative parts just described as to permit the completed device to be put together manually, and that, too, with ease and expedition. lVit-h this object in View, the openings 56 in ears bt provided for the reception of the inner end o of the lever, are made of oblong form, so that said lever may be introduced therethrough, and yet be locked in place when turned over into its normal substantially horizontal position by the terminal bend c3 therein. The coil spring is in place when the end of the lever is inserted into the ears; and before the lever is mounted in the ears its outer end is inserted through the upper end of the plunger. An extension of the coil spring is then snapped upon the body of the lever, the end of such extension being recurved so as to form a hook for this purpose, as will appear from Figs. 2 and 3. Thereupon the parts, it will be seen are in complete operating engagement. It only remains then to attach the handle o5, which may be conveniently made of wood, and threaded onto the outer end of the lever, as illustrated in Fig.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base formed with a downwardly depending lug having a face inclined with respect to said base and adapted to engage one side of the member to be gripped; of a rectilinearly movable plunger reciprocably held in said base so as to be movable in a plane inclined oppositely to the face of such lug, said plunger having its inner end beveled for engagement with the other side of said member.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base formed with a downwardly depending lug having a face inclined with respect to said base and adapted to engage one side of the member to be gripped; of a rectilinearly movable plunger reciprocably held in said base so as to be movable in a plane inclined oppositely to the face of such lug, said plunger having its inner end beveled for engagement with the other side of said member; a handled lever' adapted to actuate said plunger; and a spring connected with said plunger to move the same toward said member.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a base formed with two transversely spaced ears on its upper face land with a downwardly depending lug on its under face, said lug having an inclined face adapted to engage one side of the member to be gripped; of a plunger reciprocably held in said base adjacent to said ears so to be movable at an angle to such inclined face and adapted to engage the other side of said member; a handled member pivotally held at one end in said ears and adapted to actuate said plunger; and a coil spring located between said ears and connected with said plunger to urge the same toward said member.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a base formed with two transversely spaced ears on its up Jer face and with a downwardly depending lug on its under face, said lug having an inclined face adapted to engage one side of the member to be gripped; of a plunger reciprocably held in said base adjacent to said ears so as to be movable at an acute angle to such inclined face and adapted to engage the other side of said member; a lever detachably mounted in said ears at one end and similarly engaging said plunger, intermediate of its ends; a handle for the free end of said lever; and a coil spring located between said ears and connected with said plunger to urge the same toward said member.

Signed by me this 23. day of June, 190i).

CARL P. EICHLER. Attested by:

FnnDRIoK A. GRAHAM, 

